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To Catch a Hummingbird

Haiv the Gemini Spiicecmfr u-ill fiihi its target . .

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Suppose \iiu h.id to capture alive one little liummingbird

fixing -.1 know n course high over the Amazon jungle.

Difficult? Sure, but no more so than the job assigned to a new

radar system \\ cstinghouse is building for the

NASA-Ccniini space program.

The bird is an Agcna rocket, orbiting the earth at 170O0 miles

per hour. The hunter, in an intersecting orbit, is the

Gemini two-man spacecraft being built by McDonnell Aircraft.

.-\nd so the hunt begins. The spacecraft radar finds

the target and starts an electronic qucstion-and-answer game.

A computer keeps score, giving the astronauts continuous

readings on angles and approach speeds until the vehicles arc

joined. The hummingbird is caught.

1 he Gemini experiments will be a prelude to the first

moon trip. And A\ cstinghouse is already working on advanced

radar systems for lunar landings and deep space missions.

You can be sure ... if it's Wcstinghousc.

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NOVEMBER, 1963

THE ILLINOIS

TECHNOORAPHVOLUME 79, NUMBER 2 NOVEMBER, 1963

table of contents

ARTICLES

Graduate School . . . Good Deal or Ordeal? Henry Magnuski 8

Business Wants ... of You 12

Brains or Bust Stuart Umpleby 1

4

CQ de W9YH Paul Gihring 1

5

Ho-Hum 7 8

FEATURES

The Good Olde Days Mike Quinn 5

Technocutie Photos by Bob Seyler 23

Society Page 28

Engineering Societies Calendar Bill Lueck 31

Brickbats and Bouquets 40

November's heat transfer problem.

(Thanks to Richard Harmer, a graduate student in Ceramic Engineering, and Clark's

Turkey Farm, Mahomet, Illinois. Photo by Bob Seyler).

Copyright, 1963, by lllini Publishing Co. Published eight times during the year (October, November. De-cember. January, February. March, April and May) by the lllini Publishing Company. Entered as second classmatter, October 30. 1920. at the post office at Urbana. Illinois, under the Act of March 3 1879. Office 48Electrical Engineering Building. Urbana, Illinois. Subscriptions $2.00 per year. Single copy 25 cents. All rightsreserved by The Illinois Technograph. Publisher's Representative—Littell-Murray-Barnhill, Inc., 737 North MichiganAve., Chicago II, III., 369 Lexington Ave., Nev/ York 17 New York.

TECHNOGRAP"

Editor-in-Chief

Wayne W. Crouch

Assistant to the Editor

Sfuart Umpleby

Editorial Staff

Gary Daymen, Director

Rudy Berg

Rebecca Bryar

Harold Gotschall

Torn GranthamLarry Heyda

Lester HollandRoger Johnson

Cheryl KonetshnyRichard Langrehr

Jay Lipke

John Litherland

Bill Lueck

Hank Magnusk;Thelma McKenzie

Mike QuinnMike Stavey

Production Staff

Scott Weaver. ManagerPat Martin

Del Hartfield

Business Staff

Art Becker, ManagerPhil JohnsonJerry Ozane

Roger Va- Zele

Circulation Staff

Larry Campbell. ManagerPaul Rinnington

Glenn VanBIaricum

Photo Staff

Tony Burba. ManagerJim Alex

Dave McClureBob Seyler

Secretary

Kathie Llermann

Advisors

Robert Bohl

Paul Bryant

Alan Kingery

Edwin McClintockDale Greffe, Photo

Chairman: J. Gale ChumleyLouisiana Polvtechnic Institute

Ruston. Louisiana

Arkansas Engineer, Cincinnati Coopera-tive Engineer. City College Vector, ColoradoEngineer. Cornell Engineer, Denver Engineer,Drexel Technical Journal, Georgia Tech Engi-neer, Illinois Technograph, Iowa Engineer,Iowa Transit, Kansas Engineer, Kansas StateEngineer, Kentucky Engineer, Louisiana StateUniversity Engineer, Louisiana Tech Engineer,Manhattan Engineer. Marquette Engineer.Michigan Technic. Minnesota Technolog, Mis-souri Shamrock. Nebraska Blueprint, NewYork University Quadrangle, North DakotaEngineer, Northwestern Engineer, Notre DameTechnical Review. Ohio State Engineer. Okla-homa State Engineer. Pittsburgh Skyscraper.Purdue Engineer, RPI Engineer, Rochester In-dicator, SC Engineer. Rose Technic, SouthernEngineer, Spartan Engineer. Texas A & MEngineer, Washington Engineer. WSC Tech-nometer, Wayne Engineer, and Wisconsin

Gripe, Gripe, Gripe!

Do you like to gripe? If you start to say "no," don't bother—we wouldn't believe

you anyway. Most likely in the last few hours you swore under your breath at least

once and astounded a fellow student with your brilliant and cutting criticism of

something he didn't like either. But did it do any good? Could he help?

Most gripers and sympathizers have no more influence in changing things than

you do. But fortunately there are people in the college who do: Dean Everitt, his staff,

and the faculty. Contrary to popular opinion they are willing to listen and even are

anxious to hear students' views, especially constructive ones about which something

really can be done.

As an example, not long ago an irate and courageous undergraduate took the

time to talk with Dean Everitt concerning a couple of his gripes. He had two particu-

lar items that he thought were significant injustices. Perhaps to the surprise of many

students, he had no trouble reaching the Dean to air his complaints; even more signifi-

cantly, he got results. On one point he simply did not have enough information and,

after talking it over, finally agreed his criticism was unfounded, hie tried with the

other problem. This time he scored, and remedial action was taken in line with his

suggestions.

Of course, most of you don't have the time (or the courage) to step in the Dean's

office with your complaints and ideas. Likewise, the Dean hardly has time to meet

with over 3700 students. You can, however, talk with your instructors; they may not be

as Inhuman as you think. Just in case you do find them inhuman and unreceptive, there

is still a third and perhaps even a better way to accumulate support for your views

from a broader audience.

We of the Tech staff are thoroughly convinced that the Dean, his staff, and many

of the faculty will read carefully "Brickbats and Bouquets" as well as other expressions

of student opinion In Tech. The spontaneous response to your letters from other

readers and resulting articles by members of the Tech staff should answer your ques-

tions and get action on your complaints.

If you have questions, we'll try to find someone who has the answers. Stop by

the Tech office or write us a letter. We want to hear what you think, what you need

to know, and what you're disturbed about. As to action, we don't say we know all

the right people but the right people know us.

Engine

NOVEMBER, 1963

More than ever in the Space Age.

PROGRESS THROUGH POWERAll the way from the down-to-earth task of high-speed cutting of adamant metals to the

performance of such a dramatic test as simulating atmospheric re-entry heat for testing

nose cone design — the plasma arc torch is truly a versatile space age tool. Here it is pic-

tured cutting through stainless steel at a rate of five feet per minute. It out-performs any

previously known cutting method for any metal, including refractory and exotic metals. Its

flame speed is 10,000 miles per hour at temperatures from 20,000 to 60,000 degrees F.

Only electric power can supply the energy requirements of space age tools like the

plasma arc torch. One of the jobs of our power sales engineers is to add these new appli-

cations to the seemingly unlimited uses for electricity.

As a power sales engineer, you can grow with the electric power industry as you play

a vital role in technological progress. Investigate a career with us where engineering and

sales ability are limited only by your imagination. Look forward to personal progress

through power.

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TECHNOGRAPH

\ (Bltp (Baah }

You young whippersnappers are

the poorest excuses for engineers I've

ever seen! Wh\-, in the good old da\'s

engineers were honest, hard-working

people who did their calculations

with the proper dignit\—using a

pencil and a sheet of foolscap. Dothose unintelligible machines you use

today help you to learn a real man's

job? What do they teach you about

the basic principles of long division?

Not enough, that's what!

Just to show you what the pro-

fession was like back before the slide

rule took the real fun out of engi-

neering, before this campus was filled

with fanc\"-pants striplings who have

no respect for the fine old traditions,

here are a few excerpts from Tech-

nograph during the days when being

an engineer meant something more

tlian money—work, for instance.

The first excerpt appeared in Jan-

uary of 1924 in an article on coal

consumption in the United States, and

shows Technograph's almost legend-

ar\- abilit)' to predict what the future

will bring:

"Any plan for the substitution of

petroleum (for coal) must be summarily

dismissed, .\lthough at present it is very

important, our oil reserve has been so

depleted that it will be exhausted within

the next two decades." (You people have

been running on air since '44.)

Electrical Engineering was a grow-

ing profession back in January of '26:

"In the lighting field there has been

some progress also. A tjpe of lamp has

been put on the market in which the

frosting is on the inside of the globe."

I (Sorta takes the fun out of bulb-snatch-

I ing, doesn't it?)

I

Finalh-, here is an excerpt printed

Iin our November, 1926, issue from a

speech by Major R. \\'. Schroeder,

former chief test pilot for the army

air ser\'ice at McCook field showing

a few of life's dangers back in 1926:

"A man in a plane engaged in ordi-

nar>- straightaway flying is safer than onthe ground. I have noted that during a

recent year eight persons lost their lives

in the entire United States while en-

gaged in civilian flying while during that

same year, in the state of Missouri alone,

eighty persons—just ten times as many—were kicked to death b>' mules.'

NOVEMBER, 1963

"You were born to be free. You were also born with a

responsibility to contribute to our common defense. For

as long as a trace of avarice exists in the hearts of men,there will be a need for the defense of men and their

established institutions."

General James M. Gavin, from the book

"WAR AND PEACE IN THE SPACE AGE"

This isn't an appeal to your patriotic

sense of duty. But, we would like to

suggest that the people at MITRE con-

tribute significantly to the first line of

defense of this country and of the free

world.

What kind of work is this? Systems

work mostly. Computer-based "L"

systems for the Air Force. World-wide

systems for collecting, transmitting,

processing and displaying information

necessary for the command and control

of our forces.

V/hat sort of people enjoy this work?

Talented systems engineers and scien-

tists. Men able to deal in broad areas

of weapons and people and radar and

computers, as well as with the specific

technical problem at hand. People like

this are hard to come by. So, we en-

courage them by offering enough lati-

tude to permit an imaginative, inquisi-

tive approach to problems. They are

part of a team doing original and

challenging work in the field of military

command technology. And, as we said

before, they are responsible for an im-

portant part of our national defense

effort.

Current projects include: BUIC (Back-

up Interceptor Control for the SAGEsystem); NORAD Combat Operations

Center; Nuclear Detonation Detection

and Reporting System; Post-Attack

Command and Control system; NMCS(National Military Command System);

and many others.

MITRE always has openings for quali-

fied men and women in every level from

recent graduate to senior project di-

rector. Minimum requirement, B.S. Thegreatest need is for scientists and en-

gineers in the areas of electronics,

physics and mathematics. Address in-

quiries in confidence to Vice President

— Technical Operations, The MITRECorporation, CP-4, MC Square,

Bedford, Massachusetts.

THEl

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Pioneer in the design and development of command and control systems, MITRE waschartered in 1958 to serve only the United States Government. The independent non-

profit firm is technical advisor and system engineer for the Air Force Electronic SystemsDivision and also serves the Federal Aviation Agency and the Department of Defense.

EngineersIII Choosing a Career,

Consider these

Advantages—

LoCdtlon : Fisher is basically an "Engineering'company with 1,500 employees located in a

pleasant midwest community of 22,000.

It's less than 10 minutes to the Fisher plant

from any home in Marshalltown.

Type of work: You'll become a member of

an engineering team that has produced someof the outstanding developments in the field

of automatic pressure and liquid level controls.

Growth: Fisher's products are key elementsin automation which assures the company'sgrowth because of the rapid expansion of

automation in virtually every industry.

Advancement: Your opportunity is

unlimited. It is company policy to promotefrom within; and most Fisher departmentheads are engineers.

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If you want to begin your engineering career

with one of the nation's foremost research anddevelopment departments in the control of

fluids, consult your placement office or write

directly to Mr. John Mullen, Personnel Director,

Fisher Governor Company, Marshalltown, la.

If it flows through pipe

anywhere in the world

chances are it's controlled by. flSHEn

TECHNOGRAPH

This could be the start of something ... BIG!

If you are completing your BS or MS degree in EE, ME orPhysics, AC-Miiwaukee's "Career Acceleration Program" is ttie

perfect way to get your career oft the ground . . . and keep it

moving! In just 32 weeks you can become an important memberin one of the aerospace industry's leading developers of inertia!

guidance and navigation systems. Candidates who participatein Program A will attend formal class two hours a day, have onehour of supervised study, and spend five hours in AC-Milwau-kee's Engineering, Reliability and Manufacturing Divisions.

Candidates who participate in Plan B will spend one hour dailyin formal class work and the remaining seven hours on the jobin their home departments.

Courses include: ADVANCED THERMODYNAMICS, INERTIALINSTRUMENTS, DIGITAL COMPUTERS, GUIDANCE EQUA-TIONS, BASIC ASTRONOMY, TELEMETRY AND DATA ANALY-SIS; mathematics to develop an advanced maturity level andundergraduate disciplines, as required. (Judicious selectionfrom these courses will be made according to the needs ofeach individual.)

In addition, ACMilwaukee has a Tuition Refund Plan whichenables you to improve your skills through additional education.Upon satisfactory completion, you will be reimbursed for all

tuition costs for courses of study at college level, undertakenvoluntarily. AC also offers an "in-plant" evening program foryour personal technical development.You will work on these important programs at AC; Titan III

Guidance System, Titan II Inertial Guidance System, ApolloNavigation-Guidance System, B-52C&D Bombing-NavigationSystem, Polaris Navigational Components and other guidanceand navigation projects for space vehicles, missiles and aircraft.

Positions also exist for recent graduates at AC'S two advancedconcepts laboratories;

BOSTON—Advanced Concepts Research and Development On-the-Job Training Program—AC'S Boston Laboratory is engagedin research projects in avionics, space navigation and inertial

instrument development. This laboratory works from theoryto prototype, advancing the state of the art in navigation andguidance.

LOS ANGELES—Advanced Concepts Research and Develop-ment On-the-Job Training Program—AC'S Los Angeles Labora-tory is occupied with advanced guidance research for spacevehicles and ballistic missiles, plus research and developmentinspecial purpose digital computers.

For further information on AC'S "Career Acceleration Program,"contact your placement office or write Mr. G. F. Raasch, Directorof Scientific & Professional Employment, Dept. 5753, AC SparkPlug Division, General Motors Corporation, Milwaukee 1,

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PhDs, please note: Positions are available in all three AC loca-

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NOVEMBER, 1963

GRADUATE SCHOOLGOOD DEAL OR ORDEAL ?

The undergraduate engineering

student must make a very important

decision long before graduation. He

must decide whether he wants to

continue his education in a graduate

school, find employment in industry,

or join the armed forces. This article

will help the undergraduate make this

decision, for it contains much timely

information and advice concerning

graduate school and thesis programs.

There are many reasons why

people go to graduate school. Some

people have a desire to learn more

about their field of interest. Others

choose this escape to dodge the draft

or evade the responsibility of going

out and earning a living. A few more

simply like adding letters to their

names. Regardless of the motivation,

graduate school enters the mind of

every undergraduate at one time or

another.

Opportunities for advancement and

increased pay are two of the main

reasons students attend graduate

school. Statistics prove that engi-

neers with advanced degrees tend to

make more money in less time than

their classmates with no advanced

schooling. A recent survey by the

U of I Engineering Placement Office

shows that the average salary of 438

Illinois graduates with five years of

industrial experience is $795. Those

engineers with a M.S. degree and less

than five years work experience earn

$847 per month, while engineers with

a Ph.D. degree (7 out of the 409 em-

ployed engineers) earn an average of

$1038 each month. In other words,

even though engineers with no ad-

vanced degree have more work ex-

By Henry S. Magnuski EE '66

perience than those with advanced de-

grees, the engineer with advanced

schooling earns from $50 to $250

more per month.

Money, however, is not the only

benefit derived from graduate school.

Many engineers feel that they have

not had enough training as an under-

graduate to be a really competent

engineer. The undergraduate cur-

riculum is packed with required

courses, and many times an under-

graduate engineering student cannot

pursue the study of a specific area he

is interested in. Graduate school is

the ideal place to study those sub-

jects which were missed as an under-

graduate.

Occasionally a student would pre-

fer to do graduate work in a field

which is entirely different from his

undergraduate studies. The two year

course for a Master's Degree in Busi-

ness Administration (M.B.A.) is such

a program, and it is designed for stu-

dents who did not major in business

as an undergraduate. This program

will be discussed in greater detail

later.

Before a student decides whether

or not to attend graduate school, he

must answer two important ques-

tions: What kind of degree does he

want, and what finances are avail-

able?

Types of Degrees

\hiny different types of degrees

are available at the various graduate

schools. The most common types are

Master of Science (S.M. or M.S.);

Master of Business Administration

(M.B.A.); Engineer's Degrees

(Mech.E., E.E., Nucl.E., and others);

Doctor of Science (Sc.D. ); and Doc-

tor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

The master's degree is the first de-

gree which is normally obtained after

the Bachelor of Science Degree. This

degree requires completion of eight

units of graduate work, which is

equivalent to thirty-two semester

hours; it can be completed within one

year if a full academic load is taken,

and in some cases must be completed

within five years from the date of en-

rollment in the graduate college. Athesis based upon individual research

is usually required, and it accounts

for approximately twenty-five percent

of the graduate work. The number

and types of courses required vary

with each school, but usually four

units of credit must be obtained in

graduate level courses. The additional

units can be obtained from under-

graduate courses or additional grad-

uate courses.

The M.B.A. degree at the U of I

is awarded to students who success-

fully complete a minimum of sixty-

four semester hours ( sixteen units ) of

work, normally requiring residence of

two years or four semesters. No thesis

is required, and the program is de-

signed for full-time students.

The Engineer's Degree requires a

minimum of t\vo years of work be-

yond the baccalaureate degree. The

aim of this degree is to develop in

the engineer a greater competence

than that required for a master's de-

gree, but there is less emphasis

placed on research work than in the

doctoral course of study. Although

Illinois does not offer an Engineer's

Degree, schools such as the California

Institute of Technology and M.I.T.

offer these degrees in the same fields

as the engineering departments here

at Illinois. A thesis is required, and

students who obtain this degree will

usually not be admitted for doctoral

work. Grade and residence require-

ments for this degree vary from

school to school just as in the cases

8 TECHNOGRAPH

of the M.S. and the M.B.A. degrees.

The Doctor of Science Degree is

very simihir to the Doctor of Philos-

ophy degree, except that this degree

is awarded only for studies in the

fields of science and engineering.

The Doctor of Philosophy Degree

is the climax to many long years ot

study. A number of requirements

must be met to obtain this degree,

and these requirements vary from

school to school but usually consist

of the following:

A.) A student must successful!)

complete the work required tt)

obtain a master's degree or

equivalent.

B.) The candidate must declare

and complete \\ork in a major

and minor field of study. The

major is in the same field in

which the thesis work is done.

Minor or minors must be taken

in a department entirely dif-

ferent from the one in \\hich

the major work is done. Major

and minor course work, a total

of eight units, should be com-

pleted within the first \ear of

work for the doctorate.

C.) Proficiency in reading tech-

nical literature in two lan-

guages, French, German, or

Russian, must be demon-

strated.

D.) When tlie above requirements

have been met, the candidate

must complete an oral examin-

ation in his major and minor

fields of study.

E.) The final eight units of study

are devoted to the thesis and

associated research work. Most

schools require the candidate

to reside at the school while

completing the thesis. Thethesis and research work

should show the candidate's

ability to do independent and

original work in his chosen

field of study.

F. ) \Vhen the candidate has com-

pleted his thesis, he must

undergo a final oral examina-

tion which will cover his re-

search work and its results.

The doctorate, then, is a degree

designed to certif\- that the holder

NOVEMBER, 1963

Prospective gi

jblications Off!

has de\eloped his skills to do creative

work in his field of study and has a

thorough knowledge of the funda-

mentals which are required to under-

stand tliis field.

Finances

^\'hen and if the student decides to

go to graduate school, the next prob-

lem is that of finances. There are a

variety of funds available for the

graduate student, and these include

fellowships, assistantships, tuition and

fee waivers, and loans.

Fellowships \ary from $1,500 to

$2,400 per year and are awarded on

a basis of high scholarship. Manysources provide fellowships; among

these are the University of Illinois,

various industrial firms, private in-

dividuals and organizations, the Na-

tional Science Foundation, and the

National Defense Graduate Fellow-

ship program. No obligations are in-

curred b\- the student, except that he

is expected to take a full academic

load while the fellowship is in effect.

Assistantships are appointments

awarded to graduate students for the

purpose of letting the student earn

money while obtaining experience

working for the university. This work,

in the case of a teaching assistantship,

consists of class instruction, super-

vision of labs, grading papers, and so

on. In other words, a teaching assist-

ant is the grad instructor who is so

dear to the hearts of man\' under-

graduates.

.\ research assistant helps faculty'

members conduct research, and often

this work coincides with the gradu-

ate's field of study. Salaries range

from $1,000 to $4,000 per year, and

the maximum number of courses

which the graduate is allowed to take

depends upon whether the assistant-

ship is full or part time.

Counselorships are similar to assist-

antships, except students are paid to

live in the residence halls and hous-

ing units in order to enforce univer-

sity regulations and quiet hours.

Tuition and fee waivers exempt the

student from tuition and fees as long

as he takes at least a prescribed mini-

mum load and does not do more than

a specified amount of outside \\ork

every week.

Loans are made at low interest

rates to students from various loan

fimds such as the University' Loan

Fund or the National Defense Ed-

ucation .Act service. These loans maybe canceled either fully or in part if

the student takes up a specialization

such as teaching; if they are not can-

celed, the loans must be repaid with-

in a given number of years after

graduation.

{continued on page 35)

In just a few short months, those

new graduates spanned the dis-

tance from the classroom to the

space age. They joined with their

experienced colleagues in tack-

ling a variety of tough assign-

ments. On July 20th, 1963, their

product went off with a roar that

lasted two solid minutes, provid-

ing more than 1,000,000 pounds

of thrust on the test stand. This

was part of the USAF Titan III C

first stage, for which United

Technology Center is the con-

tractor. Two of these rockets

will provide over 80% of all the

thrust developed by the vehicle.

Some of you now reading this

page may soon be a part of that

program. ..or a part of other sig-

nificant, long-range programs.

UTC now offers career oppor-

tunities for promising graduates

at the bachelor's, master's, and

doctoral levels in EE, ME, AeroE,

and ChE. Positions are impor-

tant and offer personal and pro-

fessional reward in the areas of

systems analysis, instrumenta-

tion, data acquisition, prelimi-

nary design, aerothermodynam-

ics, stress analysis, structure

dynamics, testing, propellant

development and processing.

If your idea of a career in the

space age includes joining a

young, vital, aggressive com-

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us now! If you want to work with

men who can develop and build

a wide variety of sophisticated

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I COMPUTER RESEARCH—Emphasison superconducti\e de\ices, thin

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circuits, and computer theory.

INTEGRATED ELECTRONICS — I n-

\estigation of new and no\el tech-

niques for constructing and using

integrated circuits and devices.

LASER COMMUNICATIONS—Fundamental studies in quantumnoise effects, and complex light

modulation systems.

You are invited to investigate these

and other interesting opportunities

within RCA Laboratories by either

writing to the Administrator, Gradu-ate Recruiting, RCA Laboratories,

Princeton, N. J. or meeting with ourrepresentative when he visits youruni\ersity.

THE MOST TRUSTED NAME

IN ELECTRONICS

NOVEMBER, 1963

Business Wants ... of YouBy Fredrick R. Kappel

The editor of Technograph has

kindly invited me to say how I think

engineering students can best prepare

themselves for careers in business

organizations.

Persona/ Responsibility

The most important thought I can

offer may seem rather simple, but

it is still the most important in myjudgment. This is that each man un-

derstand that he is now, and always

will be, primarily responsible for his

own development.

If you ask a man, "Who is mainly

responsible?" he will almost always

say, "I am." But experience shows

that in many cases his acceptance

is more in his mouth than in his

mind. Many people seem to think

that self-development consists of

working hard in a course of study, or

learning additional skills on a new

job. However this is not self-devel-

opment. This is responding to

activities that are put in one's way,

and being a responder is not enough.

If a man is not his own prime mover,

then a company's efforts to help him—

or a college's—are not worth the time

and expense.

To many young men, when the\'

enter business, it apparently comes

as a new idea that strengthening and

developing their individualit}' is their

own personal problem; this despite

the fact that they have just finished

sixteen or more years of education

that should have driven the point

home.

These comments about self-devel-

opment apply generally, but I assure

you that in my mind they apply no

less to engineers than to others.

To make a specific suggestion on

the content of engineering study, I

think a good basic grounding in engi-

neering economics, in the principles

for achieving sound economic balance

in engineering decisions, is an in-

creasingly important element in the

training of young engineers who as-

pire to positions of leadership.

Individual Vitality

But speaking more broadly again,

what a well conducted, progressive

business will want from you above

all is your individual vitality. This

in my definition comprehends sus-

tained competence; creative, venture-

some drive; and a strong feeling of

ethical responsibility, which means

an inner need to do what is right

and not just what one is required

to do.

Perhaps you sense a connection be-

tween this feeling of ethical respon-

sibility and what I have already said

about self-development. If not, let mesee ff I can suggest the relationship.

Engineering (to put my thought

in the context of your interest) means

making decisions. But when a de-

cision is made, should it be judged

on the basis tliat it represented the

best choice the engineer could make

at the time? Or rather, should it be

judged on the basis that he did or

did not make sufficient effort to fore-

see the necessity for decision, and

that he did or did not thereupon

make the further effort to come up

with a better choice than would have

been possible without the exercise

of foresight?

If the answer is, "he did not," then,

in the view I am suggesting here, he

did not meet his ethical responsi-

bilit}'.

In other words, if you stumble be-

cause you are not prepared, the fail-

ure is not at the time of stumbling.

The real ethical failure came earlier,

in not using foresight and develop-

ing the abilit}' to meet a future need.

Self-development, therefore, is a mat-

ter of moral obligation.

Management Ability

To conclude no\\—what should an

ethical, capable manager be able to

do? I will summarize four tests that

we want every manager in our busi-

ness to be able to meet.

Frederick R. Kappel has been chairman of the

board of the Americon Telephone and Telegroph

Company since August, 1961, ond is author of

Vitalily in a Business Enterprise, a short book

which treats the ideas put forth in this article

more extensively.

First, he is able to state a goal and

reach it. The ability to say, "Here is

where I intend to go," and get there,

is the first requirement.

Second, he reaches these goals byorganizing and inspiring others. Heg i

is able to lead others so that they find!; i

their pursuit of the goals a satisfying

experience.

Third, his judgment is respected by 'i

those whose cooperation is needed

Fourth, he performs well undei '

stress. Whatever the cause of the*

stress, he sees it as a challenge rather

than as a threat.

I think these tests are just as im-

portant in our engineering activities <

as in any other phase of management. .

And for those \\'ho aspire to engineer-

ing leadersliip, ability to meet them i

is essential.

Good luck to you, and remember—

-

your development is \our o\\ti per-

sonal problem.

12 TECHNOGRAPH i

AN INVITATION TORESEARCH-MINDED PEOPLE

from the

U.S. NAVALLABORATORIESof the POTOMAC

You may already be familiar with one or more of the Navy's research anddevelopment organizations in suburban Washington and nearby communi-ties. But this will be your first contact with all EIGHT as an entity . . . the

first in a series of personal messages frankly intended to acquaint engineersand scientists of almost all disciplines and levels of experience with the un-usual advantages offered in common by the U. S. Naval Laboratories of thePotomac— i'n the heartland of the nation's research effort.

Nowhere else can you find . . .

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ute to large-scale programs of nationalsignificance.

• Outstanding—and oftentimesunique—facilities and equipments,backed up by the vast resources of theNavy itself.

• Broad-ranging responsibilities—far

beyond what you're likely to find else-

where—for a number of programs, orin a variety of study areas. (Your bestway to know what's going on, and tobecome widely known yourself.)

9 The stimulation of the Nation'sCapital, but in suburban areas, out oftraJEc and congestion.

• The freedom to think and act onyour own initiative, unfettered by thecorporate "profit-motive" limitation.

• A nice blending of stability and op-portunity, enhanced by the fact thatthe Washington area has grown to be-come one of the four largest privateresearch centers in the nation.

• Career Civil Service—up to 26 dayspaid vacation and 13 days sick leaveper year, partly-paid insurance pro-gram, a new inflation-proof retirementpolicy, etc.

—

and a variety of graduateeducation programs for advance de-grees.

Send your qualifications and career Interests direct to the

Employment Officer (Dep't C) of the activity In which you are

Interested, or watch for Laboratory representatives to Interview on campus.If no local address Is given, send your Inquiry

c/o Department of the Navy, Washington 25, D. C. A

NAVAL RESEARCHLABORATORY (NRL)

—heavy emphasis on pure and basic research

Into all the physical sciences under sponsor-

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to increase knowledge of these sciences them-

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techniques, and systems for the Navy.

NAVAL ORDNANCELABORATORY (NOL)

-conducting RDT & E of complete ordnance

systems, assemblies, components and ma-terials pertaining to existing, advanced, andproposed weapons . . . principally to missiles

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NAVAL WEAPONSLABORATORY—engaged, first, in studying ballistics, astro-

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methods, techniques, and equipment in ocea-

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instrumentation, and related navigational sci-

ence . . . including charts and publications.

Was the Navy's Hydrographic Office.

DAVID TAYLORMODEL BASIN

-a complex of four laboratories (Hydrome-

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and Applied Mathematics) conducting funda-

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NAVAL PROPELLANT PLANT—conducts studies in chemistry, chemical

engineering, chemical process development

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NAVAL AIR TEST CENTER—responsible for RDT & E of advanced aircraft

and airborne weapons systems, with emphasis

on improving carrier operations (esp. launch

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IFF, data link, computers, ECM, etc. Today,

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to research.

NAVAL OBSERVATORY—continued fundamental observations of posi-

tions and motions of celestial bodies . . .

basic research in positional astronomy and

celestial mechanics . . . determination of

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catalogs.

NOVEMBER, 1963 13

BRAINSOR

BUSTEngineering Honors Program

By Stuart Umpleby EE '66

Throughout the history of the Uni-

versity, tlie College of Engineering has

been characterized by steady improve-

ment in the quality of students and by

the college tradition of continuous

modernization of curricula. A logical

extention of these two facts was the

establishment of the Engineering

Honors Program within the College

of Engineering. It was initiated for

two reasons; number one, to enable

exceptional engineering students to

advance to the fullest extent of their

capabilities, not only in the requii'ed

courses of their curriculum, but also

in actual research experience and in

more diversified study of the humani-

ties and social sciences; number two,

to improve the quality of all under-

graduate instruction.

Presently, admission to the program

requires only a 4.5 grade j)oint aver-

age for at least one semester. How-ever, the College Honors Council

plans to revise the program's entrance

requirements so that the number and

difficulty of courses, time devoted to

employment, research assistant work,

and other scholarly activities under-

taken by the students are also con-

sidered. Approximately 150 students

or 3 to 4% of the total college en-

rollment participates in the program

each semester.

As a member of the Honors Pro-

gram, a student enrolls in special sec-

tions ("starred" in the time table of

courses ) offering more comprehensive

and flexible approaches to the usual

subject matter. An honors student is

also encouraged to take proficiency

examinations whenever possible and

to receive exemptions from the usual

prerequisites in order to enter higher-

level courses directly.

For seniors and juniors with ex-

ceptional backgrounds, the Honors

Program provides special seminars, re-

search participation, individual proj-

ect arrangements, and senior theses.

Interdisciplinary seminars are espe-

cially emphasized, both between de-

partments and between colleges. Em-phasis throughout the program is on

advanced work and self-generated

study. The motivating force is indi-

vidual inspiration, fostered through

personal contact with outstanding fac-

ulty members both as advisors and

as study or research directors.

But the Engineering Honors Pro-

gram was not established solely for

the benefit of a small elite group. TheHonors Council will organize an ex-

perimental course on any subject

where sufficient demand indicates a

new course would be beneficial, and

it is through the establishment of

such pilot courses that the Honors

Program performs its most vital func-

tion for the college. Each new honors

course either may be the forerunner

of a new course for all undergradu-

ates or may furnish additional ma-

terial to be incorporated into existing

courses. The significance of this

method of upgrading all undergradu-

ate engineering curricula was pointed

out by Professor Charles A. Wert,

chairman of the College Honors

Council, who said, "Seniors today

learn material which a few years ago

was obtained only in Ph.D. studies.

The council hopes that the Honors

Program will accelerate the rate at

which advanced material can be suc-

cessfully assimilated into the under- .

graduate curriculum."

All students interested in the En-

gineering Honors Program should

contact either Dean Opperman in 103

CEH or Professor Wert in 217 Metal-

lurgy and Mining Building (formerly

Physics Laboratory).

Morris Dahlstrom, sophomore, and Chuck Dollins,

tus they have used to moke large single crystals

ir. Wert, Professor of Metallurgical Engineering, is

ienior, show Professor Chorles A. Wert the oppa-

of niobium for use in graduate thesis research,

'heir honors advisor.

14 TECHNOGRAPH

CQ de

W9YHby Paul Glhring GE '64

W'lien radio amateurs enter college,

tlK'\^ often discover it isn't as easy to

turn off their hobby as it was to turn

off their receivers after a night on

the ham bands. This fact explains the

existence of Synton Amateur Radio

Club at the University of Illinois.

Many of the traditional character-

istics of the hundreds of amateur

radio clubs in the United States are

found in Synton. Some of the more

familiar ones are, of course, a nucleus

of licensed amateurs, a meeting place

filled with cigarette smoke and the

smell of coffee, a constitution filed

away in some forgotten drawer, and

equipment to permit members to get

on the air when they have an urge

to "fire it up."

All of Synton's 25 to 30 members

are college students as well as hams.

Monthly meetings consist of a tech-

nical talk of general interest to radio

amatuers and an informal business

meeting. The speaker for the evening

is usually a member of the club, but

occasionally a faculty member speaks.

Topics presented in the past have

ranged from "VHF Construction

Techniques" to "Vertically Polarized,

Log Periodic, Zig Zag Antennas." At

a meeting last spring, the club presi-

dent gave a talk on a research project

carried out by the Antenna Lab where

he has worked part time since his

freshman year. He showed "home-

made" movies of a L5-kw ground con-

trol transmitter which he worked on

for many months, electronic equip-

ment which was packed into a small

research rocket, and finally the rocket

firing at Elgin AFB in Florida.

As a club project, a small com-

mittee has been doing preliminary

work on a series of television pro-

grams featuring amateur radio in the

United States. The series will present

some of the important activities of

amateurs in this country, and infor-

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Idesigned and developed the Telstar sat-

I ellite. The 88-page illustrated book was

written as an aid to high school science

education, and it is equally informative

I for the undergraduate engineering stu-

I dent interested in satellite communica-

!tions. Teachers and students may obtain

I

copies, without charge, from local Bell

iTelephone companies.

Part 1 explains some of the reasons

for communicating by means of man-

made satellite, describes the progress

made in space communications, and

points out some of the problems that had

to be solved. It was written by the editor,

NOVEMBER, 1963

Ronald M. Foster, Jr. Part 2 contains six

case histories about the problem-solving

techniques involved in designing a com-

munications satellite, keeping it working

in outer space, and repairing it even

after it has been placed in orbit.

Satellite Communications Physics is

written so as to give high school science

and college engineering students an idea

of the problems and solutions encoun-

tered by scientists and engineers who

worked on the Telstar project. Each prob-

lem is taken from a somewhat different

technological area: aerospace mechan-

ics, mechanical engineering, optics, elec-

tronics, psychology, and electrical engi-

neering.

The book is challenging and satisfy-

ing to teachers and students seeking

some understanding of the physics of

satellite communications. G.M.D.

Synton's president, Bill Henry (K9GWT), re-

loxing at the club station W9YH, during last

year's Engineering Open House display in ttie

EE Building.

mation on how to obtain an amateur

radio license. If a suitable program

is completed early enough, the Uni-

versity television station, WILL-TVin Champaign, will telecast the series

during their spring season.

As an annual project for the Engi-

neering Open House weekend, Syn-

ton members set up and operate the

club station, W9YH as a display in

the Electrical Engineering Building.

Synton's radio shack is located in

the basement of a University owned

building on Oregon Street. The "big

rig," which has recently been re-

stored to operating condition after a

long period of "de-bugging," is a

severely modified surplus BC-610

transmitter which runs about 500

watts input to the final amplifier. ACollins 32RS-1 Single Sideband

Transceiver which runs 100 watts

PEP was donated to the club this fall

by Collins Radio Company. A Halli-

crafters SX-71 receiver, a low power

CW transmitter, and other equipment

are also available in the shack. The

antenna is an end-fed Zepp.

Anyone interested in amateur

radio, whether he holds a license or

not, may become a member simply

by paying the dues of $2.50 per se-

mester or $4.00 per year. The club

has no female members at this time,

but has had in the past, and they are

certainly welcome. Any student in-

terested in obtaining his ham license

can get help from the club. All in-

terested students are invited to visit

Synton's meetings, which are held at

7:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of

each month in the Electrical Engi-

neering Lounge.

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iNOVEMBER, 1963 17

J4oWayne Cruucli

Technograph Editor48 EEBDear Editor:

What in the IicU is the idea of sending somchodij overhere to interview me? EspceiaUy a spineless ninny like

the one wlio just left (after being told off good andproper). He was a shifty-eyed runt of a kid with baggypants—you can't trust anyone that's shifty eyed—hestole one of my pencils, in fact. I don't want to bebothered by tJtis kind of visitation. My work is stifp-

eiently well reported in a manner I consider optimal in

the technical journals. I have nothing more to com-municate. But I am writing this also to tell you a feu-

facts about this ill-clad, uninformed young boob. . . .

I was hard at work on mtj advanced study, the ob-ject of which is to understand some basic underlyingphenomena and things. I have been on this complexproblem for seven years, happy, alone, engaged in a

scientific search for truth, and in walks this student andstarts asking questions and throwing my thoughts all out

of whack. At first, before I found out he was from tech-nograph, I talked to him; I thought he was trying to

register in my course "Electricity for Fun."But his questions were im))ossible. "What are you try-

ing to find in your research? Is it important?" Of courseit's important, but as I told him: "I can't answer crack-pot questions like these—I don't know what it's for, andI don't care—I come up with new ideas and other peoplecan decide what to do icith them." But I was tolerant-I figured he wanted to know something and just didn't

know how to ask the right questions. He ivas a patheticlittle snook. I volunteered information: "The object of'Electricity for Fun' is threefold," I said. "Namely, to

teach you about electricity, to give you fun, and to showyou how to engage in a .scientific search for truth—justlike it .says in tlie catalog."

At this iwint. looking around furtively with his .shiftii,

dishonest-looking eyes, he said, "Vd like to do an article

about your research. What are you trying to do?""What am I frying to do?" I don't tell anyone what Vm

trying to do— this is the age of idea theft—for all 1 knewhe could have been from General Electric or some otherelectricity manufacturer who icould just love dearly to

probe my understanding of basic underlying phenomenaand things. Beside, although perhaps it .shows immodestu.I would have thaught that even an undergraduate wouldknow something of my work in current transmission. Nosecret has been made of my winnini^ the J. OliverArmbuster Award for Vnderstanding Basic UnderlyingPhenomena Behind AC-DC Current Transmission andThings. Have you heard of it? Did you write it up? If

not, you may. if you think it is still newsworthy . I gotit in 1946.

Well, I tried to play along good-naturedly— I feel

sorry for you stupid kids and will do all I can to hel])

you as long as it doesn't involve telling you what I'm

doing. What I mean is students are enough trouble

taking up your time, hitting you with their bicycles,

getting in your way in the cafeteria, and .so on. withoutcoming right into yoiw laboratory. So I asked the boy

if he was in engineering: I didn't think he could be, hehad been so illiteratized .somewhere along the line. Thenhe admitted, shamefacedly, that he was from techno-graph. He said he couldn't imagine why you had givenhim such a tough assignment. In fact, his remarks didnot make him sound particularly loyal to you or tech-

nograph. but I coiddn't blame him for thai. I saw that

it ivas hopeless, so I threw him out. calling him anignoramus. He said nothing back, I'll say to his credit

—at least he respects his betters.

I have decided to help you out, in spite of my angerat your pencil-stealing reporter. 1 am sending you a 14

.X 18 photograph of myself accepting the ArmbusterAward, a copy of the citation, and the text of my ac-

ceptance speech. You have my permission to use it.

Please keep your so-called reporters away from me.I like to read about what other people are doing, but I

refuse to stoop to writing such things about mi/.self. It's

not dignified. I woidd rather discover something andkeep it secret than tell about it in any publication oflesser caliber than Electric Chair and Round Table.

Sincerely,

Chester Mervin Balderdash, Ph.D.

Professor of Electric Home Wiring

Dear Prof. C. M. Balderdash:

I ivas sorry to hear about your interview tJiat

tvent awry. People like the one you had the mis-

fortune to meet make life more difficult than it

should he, and they certainly do not make muchof a contribution to improving communications.But unfortunately one often has to work with

such people and make the best of it. This illus-

trates the sort of problems Technograph has to

face in doing its job.

Please accept my personal apologies for getting

you into this. I regret involving you in a situation

that was so bad you almost lost your temper, andI thank you for your forebearance and restraint

in a nasty situation.

Sincerely,

Wayne CrouchTechnograph Editor

18 TECHNOGRAPH

^J^uml

Dear Wain:

Today I uent over too Professor C. M. Balderdashes

office as ijou instructed and tried to £:.et an articJe on

his elektronics research. He is a mousey little man witi}

large, ivide, dtdldookin^i eyes—the kind that hetrey stu-

pidity—and he acted like he was scared to death of me.

He miwt fit in well as an instructor because he couldn't

begin to understand my questions, so I didn't get an

article. At first I thought maybe I'd handled it wrong—but I couldn't see where I'd made any mistakes (ex-

cept for forgeting to take a pencil icith me). Here's

what hap])ened—see what you think . . .

First I asked him what is happening in his work, and

he got pale and started stammaring some sillyness about

"Electricity for Fun"— I never did understand that. As

you suggested, I kept probing: "What exactly is it you

are trying to accomplish? What are the possible apli-

cation.s? Why is it important?" And he would answe: "I

don't konw." He was shaking like a leif. Well, it went

on and on like thii, me asking sensable, intelligent ques-

tions, and him muttering nieve, ignorant ansers. I never

thought a Prof, could be like this; they are always so

dominering in class.

Finally we .mt staring at each other (I staring boldly,

him fritenly). After a time he said, "Where arc you

from, young man?" I told him. once again, from Tech-

nograf and pationately explained, for the aighth time,

what you wanted (I hope you don't mind my using your

name and po.iifion—I thought it might help). After a fewuncomplimentry remarks about the magazene, he as-ked,

"What is your field?" "Machanical engineering." I said,

thanking God in my mind that I wasn't in his feild!

"Do you engage in scintific .searches for truth dounthere?" he asked. How stupid. Vd already told him I'm

in Machanical Engineering—not Physics.

I tried to get back to the ta.sk at hand. "I understand

you are interested in current transmision . .." I began,

and for the first time he came alive. "So you know about

my Armbustcr Award," he said, grinning foothlissly at

me. His big cow-eyes were really shining. "Do you wantto write about that? It's interesting . .

." "No," I said.

"I'd like to write about what you are doing right now.

Can you tell me what it is?" "Well," he said, "I'm talking

to you—but I should be icorking—you know, engaging

in a scintific search for truth."

Well, Wain, Vm sorry to admit it, but I lost my temper

then and told him off. I told him coldly and preciselly

why we must communikate with each other, and how an

altitude like his is so harmful to science and engineering.

But just as I was really getting wond up I .sate that he

was not going to try to defend himself, that he was really

getting nervious, so I just walked out of his office. Hedidn't say one word back to me, probly because he knewI was right.

Maybe we'll do better with hiuj next time, althounh

I hope you don't ask me to talk to him again. In fact,

up until I met this jerk I thought reporting for Tech-

nograf was really going to be fun. I .still think I'm tcell

qualafied to do it, but perhaps I have to much of a

temper to talk too these spincliss profes.sors. Have you

another job opening on the staff I could consider?—

Something that doesn't require a person to meet the

public? If you have, I'd like to take it; I don't want myexter-ordinary temper to get you in trouble or methrown out of school.

Who knows? Next tinie I might get aroused to the

l)oint of physacally attacking a researcher—we sure

wouldn't want that to happen.

Sincearely,

Wally

Dear WaUtj:

I was Sony to hear about your interview tJiaf

went to awry. People like the one you had the

misfortune to meet make life more difficult than it

should he, and they ceiiainhj do not make muchof a contribution to improvinf!. communications.

But unfortunately one often has to work with

siwh people and make the best of if. This ilhi.s-

trates the sort of problems Technograph has to

face in doing its job.

Please accept my personal apologies for getting

you into this. I regret invoking you in a .situation

that was .so bad you alnurst lost your temper, andI thank you for your forehearance and restraint

in a nasty situation.

Sincerehj,

Wayne CrouchTechnograph Editor

NOVEMBER, 1963 19

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Our progress on current programs is exciting, for it anticipates the

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as advanced gas turbines . . . rocket engines . . . fuel cells . . . nuclear

power—all opening up new avenues of exploration in every field of

aerospace, marine and industrial power application.

The breadth of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft programs requires virtually every tech-

nical talent . . . requires ambitious young engineers and scientists who can con-

tribute to our advances of the stateof the art. Your degree? It can be a B.S., M.S.

or Ph.D. in: MECHANICAL . AERONAUTICAL . ELECTRICAL . CHEMICAL and

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING . PHYSICS . CHEMISTRY . METALLURGY . CE-

RAMICS • MATHEMATICS • ENGINEERING SCIENCEor APPLIED MECHANICS.

Career boundaries with us can be further extended through a corpo-

ration-financed Graduate Education Program. For further information

regarding opportunities at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, consult your col-

lege placement officer—or—write to Mr. William L. Stoner, Engineering

Department, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, East Hartford 8, Connecticut.

Pratt &Whitney PircraftCONNECTICUT OPERATIONS EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

FLORIDA OPERATIONS WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA

SPECIALISTS IN POWER ... POWER FOR PROPULSION-POWERFOR AUXILIARY SYSTEMS. CURRENT UTILIZATIONS INCLUDEAIRCRAFT, MISSILES, SPACE VEHICLES, MARINE AND IN-

DUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS.

NOVEMBER, 1963

uED AIR

PDIVISION OF UNITED AIRCRAFT CORP.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

21

Check the questions

you want to ask

Q "What will my first assignment be?"

I I

''How is my starting salary determined^

Q "Where will I work?'*

Q ''Would Iget 'lost' in a big companyVn "On what basis are raises and promotions given?"

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"To what extent would I be my own boss?"

n "Could I 'switch' if my first job proves unsuitable?"

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"Wliy does a chemical company need mechanical engineers?"

Allied Chemicars representative

will give you the answers

Looking for answers to questions like these? Provid- questions you really want to ask. All the questions.

ing the answers is the job of the Alhed Chemical

campus interviewer. He will be here, on

your campus, soon — ready to help you

get the facts you need in order to make

a sound career decision.

If we may make a suggestion: Don't

hesitate to ask our representative the

He'd like to be helpful—to supply you with answers

that will make your career choice easier.

Your placement office can tell you

when our representative will arrive—and

supply you with a copy of "Your Future in

Allied Chemical." Allied Chemical Corp.,

Dept. 300. 61 Broadway, N. Y. 6, N. Y.

Ilted

hemica I

BASIC TO AMERICA'S PROGRESS

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22 TECHNOGRAPH

Jechnocuti

m^

1 1'Iin Aoan ^ate

46-23-38

. . . arc the types of numbers ]oiin is interested

in. To her these figures represent intelligence

quotients, major factors in her field of special

education—an appropriate field since she is aSPECIAL type girl. MaitUaining over a 4.0

average, she has varied interests ranging fromcamping to reading. Activities play a major role

in her college life. She is currently un officer of

her sorority Chi Omega, publicity chairman of

Campus Talent and Greek Week. She has workedas a manager of University Theater and Star

Course. Other titles she has held include MissFord County, Runner-up Dolphin Queen, Gar-net Ball Queen and first Runner-up Miss Illinois

County Fair. All in all, she would make a .special

catch for any engineering student.

NOVEMBER, 1963 23

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Assignment: match the performance ofour finest

automatic drive in a lighter, less expensive version!

Result: A new Ford-built 3-speed

torque converter— ideal

"traveling companion" for our new,

hotter, medium-displacement V-8 engines

A completely new Ford Motor Company 3-speed

automatic drive for 1964 delivers improved

passing performance . . . smoother acceleration

. . . better start-ups (up to 35% higher torque

multiplication in Low) . . . more flexible down-

hill braking . . . quieter operation in Neutral.

With the introduction of this lighter, highly

durable and efficient transmission in 1964

Comet, Fairlane and Ford models, our engi-

neers have taken still another step toward

putting extra pep per pound into Ford-built cars.

Simplified gear case design and a one-piece

aluminum casting result in a lighter, more

compact transmission—one that has fewer

components and is extremely easy to maintain.

Built to precision tolerances akin to those in

missile production, the new automatic trans-

mission is truly a product of the space age,

and is typical of technical progress at Ford.

Another assignment completed; another case

of engineering leadership at Ford providing

fresh ideas for the American Road.

MOTOR COMPANYThe American Road, Dearborn, Michigan

WHERE ENGINEERING LEADERSHIR BRINGS YOU BETTER-BUILT CARS

24 TECHNOGRAPH

THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANIESSALUTE: WARREN ROSKEWhether a simple voice circuit for a small trunk line, or

a complex high-speed data circuit for the Strategic Air

Command. Northwestern Bell Engineer Warren Roske gets

the nod. Warren ( B.S.I. E.. 1959i. and the three engineers

who work under him, design telephone facilities for private

line customers.

On earlier assignments. Warren engineered communica-

tion lines through the famed Dakota Black Hills, helped in

the Mechanized Teletypewriter cutover in Sioux Falls, S. D.,

and contributed a unique application of statistics to a

Plant Engineering study.

But Warren's greatest success has come in the Trans-

mission field where, after only seven months, he was pro-

moted to his supervisory engineering position.

Like many young engineers, Warren is impatient to

make things happen for his company and himself. There

are few places where such restlessness is more welcomed

or rewarded than in the fast-growing telephone business.

(MJl BELL TELEPHONE COMPANIES

NOVEMBER, 1963

THESE GRADUATES THRIVE ON CREATIVE CHALLENGES... THEY'RE

SALES ENGINEERINGR. J. HummerUniversity of Toledo-BSEE-1961

DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERINGJ. H. TrumbleUniversity of Dayton-BSEE-1960

PROJECT MANAGEMENTR. J. HayesIndiana Tech-BSME-1956

There's a challenging, rewarding fiiture for

C.W. Ludvigsen, Manager— Systems Sales,

tells how creative graduates contribute to

pioneering, automation developments.

Now, to meet the pressing challengeof industrial automation, Cutler-

Hammer has formed a number ofautomation project teams.

These teams combine the techni-

cal and manufacturing talents ofversatile, seasoned specialists andyou, creative-minded engineeringand business graduates.

Their primary job: to make surethat a customer's automation in-

"estment pays an adequate return.

How they workHow do they meet this challenge?By working with customer engineersand consultants to isolate costproblems in industrial process.

manufacturing, and warehousingoperations. Then, by applying their

individual talents and creativeingenuity to develop, design, build,

and install practical automationsystems that will insure good returnon investment.

Where they workAutomation teams work togetherin a Milwaukee-based, modern,500,000 square foot plant specifi-

cally designed to house everyactivity involved in the evolutionof a complex system ... in a creative

climate that is conducive to imagi-native planning and pioneeringdevelopment.

What they havedone alreadyThis approach has paid off! Thoughindustry has barely scratched the

surface of the automation potential,

our credentials already are quite

impressive.Profit-making automation sys-

tems such as ... a bundle-handlingsystem for 30 major newspaper mailrooms ... a package-handling sys-

tem for a prominent publisher . . .

U.S. Post Office mail-handlingsystems in 14 major cities . . . pallet-

handling systems . . . more than a

score of major steel-mill finishing

lines . . . automatic warehouse con-

trol systems . . . and auto body-line

handling systems are just a fewexamples of our creative planning

and developmental skill at work.

What is your opportunity?What are the advantages to you

26 TECHNOGRAPH

AUTOMATION PROBLEM SOLVERS

MANUFACTURING ENGINEERINGR. H. MenzelMichigan Tech—BSME— 1955

CONTROL ENGINEERINGL. Gall

University of Illinois— BSEE- 1960

ANALYTICAL ACCOUNTINGA. E. MorganUniversity of Wisconsin—BA— 1960

you,too,on a Cutler-Hammer automation team

as a young, creative-minded grad-uate? Short range, it's an exceptional

opportunity— if you spark to thechallenge of finding new solutionsto tough manufacturing problems.An unusual opportunity to getdeei)ly involved in problem solvingright from the start!

Long range, being a key memberof a Cutler-Hammer automationteam is an excellent way to get thediversified experience so essential

to continuing career developmentand future advancement. It's parti-

cularly beneficial if you haveaspirations to move into manage-ment ranks.

Want to know more?Write today to T.B. Jochem, Cutler-Hammer, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,for complete information. And, planto meet with our representativewhen he visits your campus soon.

WHAT'S NEW? ASK.

A CUTLER-HAMMER AUTO-MATION TEAM helped theWALL STREET JOU RNAL solve

major production and distribu-

tion problems of a nationalnewspaper by designing andbuilding control systems for

two new, highly automatedprinting plants. Controls per-

mit the world's fastest pressesto produce newspapers at therate of 70,000 per hour.

Cutler-Hammer is an equal

opportunity employer.

CUTLER-HAMMERNOVEMBER, 1963 27

Society Page

ENGINEERING COUNCILMany readers of last month's "Society Page" seem to

have mistaken Engineering Council for a faculty com-

mittee.

Generally

Engineering Council is a student organization repre-

senting the four thousand engineering students. Next

to Student Senate, Engineering Council is the largest

representative student body.

The purpose of Council is to organize the student

activities of the College of Engineering. Council works

to produce closer cooperation among the professional

societies; to improve communication between students

and faculty members within the college; to coordinate

engineering activities with other groups on campus;

and to aid in planning and execution of combined pro-

grams of the engineering societies, such as St. Pat's Ball

and Engineering Open House.

Students are represented on Engineering Council

through their professional societies. Council members

consist of two delegates from each professional society

and Technograph. Chairmen of St. Pat's Ball and Engine-

ering Open House are also members.

NEVER HEARD OF IT!

Specifically

At the second meeting of the year President DonRouse submitted a list of recommendations for the re-

organization of council. He then resigned. Rouse ex-

plained that obligations to another organization

prevented effective execution of liis Engineering Council

responsibilities. Mce President Bob Seyler advanced to

leadership.

So far Council's major problem has been its inability

to get individual society members interested in Council's

objectives. Council's activities have been inadequately

presented at societ}' meetings and few suggestions from

societ)' members have been brought before the Council.

As one specific attempt to improve society-council

communication and to generate ideas, President BobSeyler established six standing committees. Approved

at the third meeting, the committees are as follows:

Instructor Rating, Open House, St. Pat's Ball, Intra-

mural, Public Relations, and Grievance.

Seyler feels that controversial subjects such as in-

structor evaluation wiU stimulate interest and urge

society' members to give questions and suggestions to

their representatives. Only with the backing of the

individual societies will Council be effecti\e.

ENGINEERING OPEN HOUSE No Box Tops and Nothing to Fill Outf

TECH is proud to report Engineering Open House

is moving. Students and faculty members are working

together making plans, building displays, and doing

publicity work. Much remains to be done, but the event

is taking shape and a different shape than ever before.

TECH's reporters have heard numerous rumors about

small-sized conducted tours through laboratories that

have never before been open to the public ( or students! )

;

displays that will be more engineering-oriented than e\'er

before; tours tlirough the Assembly Hall for visitors

interested in the engineering aspects of the structure;

and the possibility that there will be one large all-

college display that will show the many facets of the

engineer and the interrelated phases of the engineering

profession.

These changes, particularly the effort to slant OpenHouse toward giving a more meaningful picture of the

College and of engineering as a profession, looks like a

healthy move to members of TECH's staff. The College's

Open House and Exhibits Committee has already met

and its members have expressed their wilUngness to

support the students' program of proposed improve-

ments.

This committee which is chaired by David O'Bryant,

General Engineering, consists of: R. W. Anderson, C.S.L.;

F. W. Barton, C.E.; A. C. Bianchini, T.A.M.; R. W.Bokenkamp, G.E.; P. T. Br\ant, Editor of Eng. Exp.

28

Sta.; R. N. Fenzl, Ag.E.; J. L. Hudson, Chem.E.; All

Kingery, Asst. Ed., Eng. Exp. Sta.

L. J. Koester, Phy.; J. L. Loth, Aero.; E. C. McClintock,

G.E.; J. P. Neal, E.E.; D. R. Opperman, Asst. Dean; D. R.

Reyes-Guerra, G.E.; T. J. Rowland, Met.; J.W. Seyler.

C.E.; W. F. Stoecker, M.E.; N. Street, Mining; J. E. ^^il-

liams, E.E.; T. A. ^^'illmore, Ceramics.

Dave Jones, the student chairman of Open House for

1964, is pleased with the progress made so far. Accord-

ing to him, "We have a considerable number of talented,

willing people working now—but we need more. Weneed students with ideas, with imagination, and with

a desire to help. Everyone I have talked and worked with

feels that Open House has needed a change for a long

time—and now we have the opportimity to change it.

Anyone wishing to lend a helping hand should come to

48 Electrical Engineering Building or call me at 356-

1847."

A Project Contest

TECHNOGRAPH finds these rumors encouraging,

and, effective immediately, extends a helping hand. To

indicate our appro\'al and support for the most consi'.-

tent rumor—an improvement in the qualit\' of displa\s

—TECH is sponsoring a contest with the full backing

(continued on page 31)

TECHNOGRAPH

ENGINEERSSCIENTISTS

Career mobility, based on the ability to

develop in the direction of your best

talent or interests, is made possible

for you at Sylvania Electronic Systems.

You will actively contribute to advanced work

spanning disciplines and areas such as earth/space

communications; electronic reconnaissance, detec-

tion, countermeasures; radar; information handling;

aerospace; and complex systems for military com-

mand and control.

Nineteen interrelated research and advanced de-

velopment laboratories throughout the country, as

well as sites around the world, provide

an environment permitting planned

growth — personally and professionally.

Three parallel paths of advancement

opportunity to progress as a technical

technical specialist or program/project

• all with equal rewards.

Sylvania Electronic Systems is a major division

of Sylvania Electric Products Inc., supported by the

impressive technical and financial resources of the

parent company, General Telephone & Electronics

Corporation.

SYLVANIA ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

Go\rriiiiirnt Systrnis ManafSf-mcnt V*I»'y

J„r GENERAL TELEPHONE &ELEDTRONICS^

For further information see your college placement officer or write to Mr. Robert T. Morton

40 SYLVAN ROAD-WALTHAM 54, MASSACHUSETTSAn Equal Opportunity Employer

NOVEMBER, 1963 29

starting in a single 1956automotive engine, pearlitic

IVlalleable crankshafts are cur-

rently used in eight passenger car

engines and one truck engine. With

more than 3,800,000 now in serv-

ice, these pearlitic Malleable iron

castings have compiled an excel-

lent record for field reliability.

Trunion-type rear axle differential

carriers of Malleable have beenused since World War II without

any reported warranty claims. Thecarrier, which is stressed duringassembly when steel tubes are

forced into the openings on either

side, continues to absorb tremen-dous stresses throughout the life of

the car . . . with complete reliability.

7 years of serv-

ice with no record

of field failure is the

enviable achievementof these pearlitic Malleable

slip yokes and U-joint flanges.

Continuously subjected to varying

speeds and reversing torques,these parts amply demonstrateMalleable's capability for dynamicapplications.

Car

Manufacturers'

Extended

Warranties

Rely on 273

Malleable

Casting Designs

Each of the five major automobile com-panies is represented by these examples.

Not one service failure has beenreported in the period now covered

by the warranty (two years) onthese pearlitic Malleable rocker

arms. Used since 1955, field prob-

lems are termed "insignificant" by

the automotive manufacturer.

Two of the twenty-seven different

Malleable castings warranted byone automotive company are the

transmission band lever and the

transmission torque converter hubshown here. Both have been usedin automotive transmissions with

no warranty claims turned in to

the company in five years.

The extended warranties now being given by

automobile manufacturers are not sales gim-

micks. They are based on exhaustive statistical

studies that conclusively demonstrate the reli-

ability of each component involved.

Duringa single model year, these two to five year

warranties will cover 90,000,000 individual Mal-

leable iron parts of 273 different designs. Theconfidence which automotive companies have in

Malleable's quality is responsible for the use of

Malleablecastingsfor more and moreapplications

on cars and trucks . . . and throughout industry.

Send for your free copy of this 1 6-page

"Malleable Engineering Data File." You

will find it is an excellent reference piece.

For further Information on Malleable castings,

call on any company that displays this symbol—

Malleable Founders Society, Union Commerce Building. Cleveland 14, Ohio |

30 TECHNOGRAPK

ENGINEERING SOCIETIES CALENDARFuture isfiues of Technosiraph trill include an En<iinccrin^ Activities Calendar

in place of the Engineering Societies Calendar. Leaders of each professional

society, each engineering honorary, and any other engineering activity desiring

publicity sliould notify Technograph, room 48 EEB. A lu^t of activities should

be submitted one montti prior to our publication date which is the twelth of each

month. B. L.

Freedom & Discipline

Modern physics has identified 34 elementary

particles of matter—each with its twin anti-parti-

cle. The inevitable two opposing forces that keep

the universe in balance.

We think at the heart of most well-run modern

companies there are also two opposing and equally

important forces—freedom and discipline.

Freedom to innovate, to change, develop and

invent. Plus the discipline to stick to the facts, to

stick to the problem, to stay within the budget.

At Celanese we try to combine freedom and dis-

cipline to better serve our customers, our share-

holders, and our employees.

Perhaps we are the company at which you can

best pursue your career. If you are trained in

chemical engineering, electrical engineering, me-

chanical engineering, chemistry or physics, we

hope you will stop in to see our representative

when he visits your campus. Or write directly to

us, briefly outlining your background.

Address your correspondence to: Mr. Edmond

J. Corry, Supervisor of College Relations, Celanese

Corporation of America, 522 Fifth Avenue,

New York 36, New York. ceianeseg)

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

CHEMICALS FIBERS POLYMERS PLASTICS

32 TECHNOGRAPH

for product design and development at Allison

OPPORTUNITYIS AT ALLISON INTURBINE ENGINEAOVANCEMENTAllison—long-famous leader in the development and

production of aircraft engines— is pacing state of the

art advancement in the turboprop area.

A regenerative turboprop engine—embodying con-

cepts further advanced than in any known turboprop

in the world today— is being developed for the U. S.

Navy by Allison . . . The Energy Conversion Division

of General Motors.

Featuring a regenerative cycle which transfers heat

from exhaust gas to compressor discharge air, Allison's

T78 will extend long-range and on station capabilities

of anti-submarine warfare through greatly improved

fuel economy . . . thus projecting the usefulness of

turboprop engines well into the future.

Too, hollow, air-cooled turbine blades—under de-

velopment at Allison for the last 5 years—will permit

higher inlet temperatures for a major improvement in

engine performance. Greater reliability and simpler

maintenance will be achieved with a unique, unitized

propeller-reduction gear box.

Perhaps there's a place for you in our long-range

engineering program here in the creative environment

at AUison. Talk to our representative when he visits

your campus. Let him tell you what it's Like at Allison

where Energy Conversion Is Our Business.

An equal opportunity employer

^AllisonTHE ENERGY CONVERSION DIVISION OFGENERAL MOTORS. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

NOVEMBER, 1963 33

Your life at Du Pont I one of a series for technical men

/ /

You never stop grooving at DuPontGrowth is a 150-year habit with us. Take sales. Since 1937

they've increased 750%-to $2.4 billion in 1952.

We spend more than $90 million a year in R&D. In fact,

there are at least 200 new products under investigation at this

writing and more being developed each day.

What could Du Font's growth mean to you? Since we alwaysfill important positions from within, it could mean fast advance-

ment, new responsibilities, new horizons-growing financial andcreative satisfaction.

It could mean, too, more numerous and more varied oppor-

tunities. The new Du Pont engineer is likely to move from his

original assignment to one or two others in the course of his

first five years. This gives him a chance to "change jobs" right

inside Du Pont.

In 1953, more than 700 new B.S. graduates planted their

feet at Du Pont. Perhaps you'd like to join us, too. Write today.

TECHNICAL MEN WE'LL NEED FROM THE CLASS OF '64

Chemists

Chemical Engineers

Mechanical Engineers

Electrical Engineers

Industrial Engineers

Civil Engineers

Physicists

Metallurgists

BETTER THINGS FOR BETTER LIVING . . . THROUGH CHEMISTRY

An equal opporluniiy employer

E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (Inc.)

2531-B Nemours Building

Wilmington, Delaware 19898

When I'm graduated, I'll be a_(List profession)

Please send me more information about how I might fit

in at Du Pont.

Class

Coileee

Graduate School

(confimicd from page 9)

For those students who rel\- on

their owii financial resources, costs for

tuition and housing will be between

$1,000 and S2,500 per >ear.

There are, then, quite a number

of financial aids a\ailable. One thing

to keep in mind, howe%er, is that the

deadlines for applications to many of

these awards are as early as ten or

eleven months preceding the time of

graduate enrollment. Complete de-

tails are in "Financial .\id for Grad-

uate Students." a pamphlet which is

available from the University- of

Illinois Graduate College. A numberof the forms and applications re-

quired for entr\- into graduate school

and for graduate awards are shownon page 9.

Getting In

The procedure to get into graduate

school is not terribly complicated if

it has been well thought out in ad-

vance. Earl\- in his senior year the

undergraduate should start thinking

about advanced studies and his area

of special interest. He should find

out which schools are strong in his

field of special interest and write to

them for their catalogs. Such catalogs

are also pictured on page 9 andcan either be obtained from the in-

dividual departments or from the

graduate college. The University of

Illinois has a pamphlet which dis-

cusses graduate school in general, andit can be obtained by asking the

Graduate College for 'The Road to

Graduate School."

After deciding on the school or

schools to attend, a letter of inquire-

to the dean will produce the neces-

san,- application forms for admission

and financial aid. The applicant mustthen arrange to have all necessar\

forms and letters of recommendationin by the time they are due. Februar>-

first is a very popular deadline for

many assistantships and fellowships,

and the graduate who fails to checkin time ma\ be sorn, afterwards. B\April the announcement of financial

awards are normalh- made, and b\-

May all other items such as tran-

scripts and housing arrangementsshould be completed.

U of I Antennas Play Several

Roles in the Space Program

The U.S. .\tlantic and Pacific satel-

lite tracking ranges are being

equipped with special conical an-

tennas in\ented at the University of

Illinois. These frequency-independent

antennas, similar to those now used

on the Transit series satellites andplanned for use on future generations

of the Ranger moon probes, will beemployed as feeds for the large dishes

of the tracking ranges.

Log periodic and log spiral an-

tennas, which were in\'ented at the

U of I in 1954 and 1955, are still

under development in the Electrical

Engineering Department's AntennaLaboratory. At the Uni\-ersit\- they are

used in the line feed (286 log spirals

in a linear array) for the U of I radio

telescope, which is being used to mapextra-galatic radio sources, and as a

feed (a paired log periodic dipole ar-

ray) for the 28-foot parabohc dish

antenna, which is used to monitor

signals reflected from the moon. Logspiral antennas are particularly well

adapted to space applications. Theycan receive signals over an e.xtremelv

wide band of frequencies and for anyarbitrar\- orientation of the input

signal. These qualities make themideal for use on satellites and satellite

trackers, where the direction from

which the signal comes, as well as the

polarity of the signal, changes con-

stantlv.

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We go from A (Aubum) to Y (Vale)

This recent Bethlehem Loop Course class includes 202

graduates of 78 colleges and universities. They are fresh fromcampuses in 32 states and the District of Columbia . . . from Maineto California, from Minnesota to Georgia.

If you are interested in a career in the management of a diversified

and growing industrial corporation, and if, in all modesty, you consider yourself

qualified to meet the challenge— consider the Bethlehem Steel Loop Course.

Most Loopers are Engineers

All the technical degrees indicated here are represented in this Loop class, and in

virtually every Loop class. Of the 202 members, 154 are engineering graduates;

twelve have non-engineering technical degrees; and 36 possess business administration,

liberal arts, or other non-technical degi'ees.

Your career at Bethlehem Steel might be in steelmaking operations, research,

sales, fabricated steel construction, mining, shipbuilding, or other activities

depending on your specific interests. All require the talents of college trained men.

You can get a copy of our booklet, "Careers with Bethlehem Steel and the LoopCourse," at your Placement Ofi"ice, or by sending a postcard to our Personnel

Division, Bethlehem, Pa.An equal opportunity employer

BETHLEHEM STEEL

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36 TECHNOGRAPH

CIRCUITS

>really-enlarged cose-off

uf SOLID CIRCUITt semicoi

'tr network held in tv

AMAZINGLY BROAD is the spectrum

of Professional Opportunities at Tl!

Integrated circuits represent just one of 89

fields'^' of opportunity for scientists and engi-

neers at Texas Instruments, a multidivisional

company employing professionals with academic

training in business administration, ceramics,

chemistry, electricity, electronics, geology, geo-

physics, industrial engineering, mathematics,

mechanical engineering, metallurgy, and physics.

TI's Semiconductor-Components division an-

nounced deselopment of the industry's first

integrated circuits in late 1958 and since then

has constantly advanced the state of the art.

The multivibrator pictured above, a typical

SOLID CIRCUIT" semiconductor network, con-

tains the equivalent of 12 electronic componentsin one miniaturized element. TI's objective is

further miniaturization with greater reliability.

Fascinating careers in integrated circuits are

open to men of all degree levels in fields of

electrical engineering, solid state physics,

chemistry, and metallurgy— specifically in

areas of application, circuit, device, process,

and product development.

INVESTIGATE TI OPPORTUNITIES bysubmitting your resume, or

sending for "Career Oppor-

tunity for the CollegeGraduate", to MR. T. H.Dudley, Dept. C-25. Askyour College Placement Of-

ficer for TI interview dates

on your campus.Listed at right

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Deico Means

Challenge to

^ EdWhittaker

Edward G. Whittaker, III received his BS

Degree in Engineering Physics from Colorado

University in January of 1963. Shortly there-

after he joined the Research and Advanced De-

velopment Group at Delco as a Physicist.

As Ed puts it, "Believe me, it's a real chal-

lenge for a guy fresh out of college to see an

idea through from the development stage to the

finished product. Here at Delco in my work on

materials for new semiconductor devices the

creative experiences are endless—and the at-

mosphere seems to encourage your best efforts."

As a college graduate, you too may find excit-

ing and challenging opportunities in such pro-

grams as the development of germanium and

silicon devices, ferrites, solid state diffusion,

creative packaging of semiconductor products,

development of laboratory equipment, relia-

bihty techniques, and applications and manu-

facturing engineering.

If your interests and qualifications he in any

of these areas, you're invited to write for our

brochure detaihng the opportunities to share

in forging the future of electronics with this

outstanding Delco-GM team. Watch for Delco

interview dates on your campus, or write to

Mr. C. D. Longshore, Dept. 135A, Delco

Radio Division, General Motors Corporation,

Kokomo, Indiana.

An equal opportunity employer

Delco Radio Division of General Motors Corporation

Kokomo, Indiana

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38 TECHNOGRAPH

OWARD HUGHES DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS. If you are

iterested in studies leading to a doctoral degree in engineering or

hysics, you are invited to apply for one of tfie several new awardsI 1964 on the Howard Hughes Doctoral Fellowship Program.

his unique program offers the doctoral candidate the optimumjmbination of high-level study at an outstanding university plus

ractical industrial experience at the Hughes Aircraft Company,

ach Howard Hughes Doctoral Fellowship usually provides about

9,000 annually. Of this amount approximately $1,800 is for tuition,

lesis and research expenses, other academic fees and books, andom $2,000 to $3,300 is for a stipend. The remainder is composedf salary earned by the fellow.

oward Hughes Doctoral Fellowships are open to outstanding stu-

ents. A master's degree, or equivalent graduate work, is essential

store beginning the Fellowship Program.

UGHES MASTERS FE:.LOWSHIPS. The Hughes Mastersellowship Program offers u,. usual opportunities for education lead-

ig to a master's degree ... and, in addition, provides each fellow

ith practical industrial experience at the Hughes Aircraft Company.

ew awards will be made in 1964 to qualified applicants possessingbaccalaureate degree in engineering, physics or mathematics.

he great majority of the award winners will be assigned to the

'ORK-STUDY PROGRAM and will attend a university sufficiently

sar a facility of the Hughes Aircraft Company to permit them to

otain practical industrial experience by working at the companyt least half time. Those associated with a Southern California

icility usually attend the University of Southern California or the

niversity of California, Los Angeles. An appropriate stipend will

s awarded in addition to salary earned and certain academic<penses paid by the company.

small, highly selected group will be offered FULL-STUDY Fellow-

HughesFellowshipPrograms

ships. These fellowships permit attendance at an outstanding uni-

versity on a full-time basis during the regular academic year witha substantial stipend.

After completion of the Masters Program, fellows are eligible toapply for a HUGHES DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP.

For both programs, typical areas of research and development towhich fellows may be assigned while working for Hughes full timeduring the summer, and where appropriate, part time during theacademic year, include: theoretical and experimental work in somebasic technology such as atomic, nuclear and solid-state physics,chemistry and metallurgy—space technology including stability andtrajectory analysis, thermal analysis, energy conversion, and struc-

tural design and analysis— computer and reliability technology,circuit and information theory, plasma electronics, microminiaturi-zation, and human factor analysis — research, development andproduct-design on such devices as parametric amplifiers, masers,lasers, microwave tubes, antenna arrays, electron-tube and solid-

state displays, and components — design analysis, integration andtesting of space and airborne missile and vehicle systems, infrared

search and track systems, radar systems, communication systems,antisubmarine warfare systems, and computer and data process-

ing systems.

The classified nature of work at Hughes makes American citizen-

ship and eligibility for secret security clearance a requirement.

Closing date for all applications: February 1, 1964. (Early appli-

cation is advisable, and all supporting references and transcripts

should be postmarked not later than February 1, 1964.)

How to apply: To apply for either the Howard Hughes DoctoralFellowship or the Hughes Masters Fellowship, write Dr. C. N.Warfield, Manager, Educational Relations— Corporate Office, HughesAircraft Company, Culver City, California.

Creating a new world with electronics

HUGHESI I

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HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY

An equal opportunity employer.

ittiWH«iiltl#l

In regards to last month's con-

tributor who was trying to sell a sub-

machine gun to the Engineering

Library: keep your safety on. A talk

with Mr. Coburn, director of the li-

brary, revealed the reason for those

insidious turnstiles—last year morethan two thousand books were stolen

from the university's libraries; several

hundred of them were from the en-

gineering library. Since most of us

are still tender around the wallet

from buying textbooks, the expense

of replacing those stolen books looms

ominously, even though the taxpayer

actually foots the bill.

The worst thing about the stolen

book is that it's gone, but not for-

gotten—oh, no—not by the guy whowatched that hole on the shelf for

five weeks in order to read for his

class work, and not by the librarian

who tried to track the book down.

So they put in locked turnstiles.

Nobody wants those gadgets, but no-

body wants a library full of emptyshelves; and turnstiles are better than

tommy guns.

Quieter, anyway. . . . RDB

To the Editor:

The prejudices of the rhet depart-

ment have become quite evident again

this year. Several freshman friends

of mine have found their instructors

already have an opinion of their

ability.

I cannot understand how a group

of college instructors could be so

biased. It is not logical that students

of one college are naturally poorer

MTiters than students as a whole.

Something must be done to get the

engineers' rhet grades up to the level

of the rest of the campuses. Every-

one has heard the riduculous state-

ment that engineers are poor writers,

and I think it has been accepted to

such an extent that it is hurting the

profession.

But what really aggravates me is

to see my friends fighting those prej-

udiced instructors for that required

grade. Since this condition takes con-

siderable time away from engineer-

ing studies, the College should do

whatever possible to eliminate prej-

udice in rhetoric.

Name Withheld.

To the Editor:

Sadly, I noticed that the author of

"The Supernatural Nature of Super-

conductors" did not mention whether

or not superconductivity could be ap-

plied to women—to produce zero re-

sistance. That would be an accom-

plishment!

Joe McGinnis

Last month's letter asking about

the U of I's relation with Sanford

on the eclipse studies will be an-

swered later. Prof. Swenson is out

of the country for a few weeks and

could not be reached for comment.

Ed.

First co-ed: "My boy friend is a per-

fect gentleman at all times."

Second co-ed: "Well, I guess that's

better than having no boy friend at

all!"

Brains are what a man looks for

in a wife after he's looked over

everything else.

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40 TECHNOGRAPH

This kind ofchemical engineering

is not as easy as it looks

An outmoded stereotype should not

scare a good Ch.E. off from a highly

satisfactory career in marketing. Weare proud to say that the job calls for

more than a collection of shaggy dogstories plus a con\incing manner of

taking two more strokes than the

customer on that dogleg 14th hole.

Often a marketing career in our

non-photographic operations starts

out much like the traditional concept

of chemical engineering, except that

you work on the customers' production

problems instead of our own. Thenyou get to meet a few live customerswho come to see what you are up to.

Maybe you are sent to a trade con-

vention where you meet more than a

few customers. To your amazement,they seem to regard you as a foun-

tainhead of valuable technical infor-

mation in a given area. To your further

amazement you realize it's true—theydo badly need to know exactly whatyou are being paid to tell them andshow them. (Willy Loman never had

it so good.) By and by, you may do a

tour of duty in one of our field sales

offices, or even get into the advertising

end. As another course, you may settle

down into liaison with manufacturers

of equipment that needs to be fed with

our plastics, fibers, solvents, chemical

intermediates, or fine chemicals.

We define the chemical marketer as

a chemical engineer who forges the

most rational links between what wecan most efficiently turn out and whatother companies can most efficiently

use. He is a hero of the chemical

industry today.

As for the chemical engineer of

different personality bent who, early

in his career, prefers to put down roots

in one of the three communities wherewe manufacture— Rochester, N. Y.,

Kingsport, Tenn., Longview, Tex.—weneed him too. And of course, diversi-

fied as we are, we also need engineers

of other than chemical persuasion, to

say nothing of scholarly chemists andphysicists to lay down good, solid

foundations for all that engineering

and creative salesmanship.

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANYBusiness and Technical Personnel

Department, Rochester 4, N. Y.

IS®(SaIk

An equal-opportunity employer

An Interview

with G.E.'s

J. S. Smith,

Vice President,

Marketing and

Public Relations

Mr. Smith is a member of General

Electric's Executive Office and is

In charge of Marketing and Public

Relations Services. Activities report-

ing to Mr. Smith include marketing

consultation, sales and distribution,

marketing research, marketing per-

sonnel development, and public rela-

tions as well as General Electric's

participation In the forthcoming

Nev^ York World's Fair. In his

career with the Company, he hashad a wide variety of assignmentsin finance, relations, and marketing,

and was General Manager of the

Company's Outdoor Lighting De-

partment prior to his present ap-pointment in 1961.

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